| The Museum Building Has Closed | ||
| The U.S. Army Signal Corps Museum's on-post building at Fort Gordon closed to the public on February 25, 2021, for base construction and modernization. There is currently no physical location open for visitors; the nonprofit Signal and Cyber Corps Museum Society (formerly the Fort Gordon Historical Museum Society) is raising funds to acquire and renovate a new building to house the collection. Check their website below for updates on a reopening. | ||
While open, the museum's highlights included: The Congressional Medal of Honor; artifacts from Albert J. Myer, the founder of the Signal Corps, and Civil War Signal Corps items such as the Beardslee Electro Magneto; a circa-1870 meteorological office display; signaling equipment used out west circa 1880; Spanish-American War equipment such as the telephone used by General Wheeler at the Battle of San Juan Hill; the Greeley expedition to the Arctic; Signal Corps Aviation and "Snoopy"; WWI "Hello Girls"; trench warfare; WWII Signal Message Center; Signal WACs; Korea; Signal Corps motion pictures and "Oscar"; pigeons; signals in space; and Cold War and Vietnam prisoner-of-war and Signal Corps equipment.The Signal and Cyber Corps Museum Society continues to preserve and care for this collection while it works toward a new public home for it. |
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| Contact & Website | ||
| Phone: 706-306-1494 - Address: 4570 Dewey Dr., Augusta Georgia 30907 - Signal and Cyber Corps Museum Society Website | ||
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While open, the museum's highlights included: The Congressional Medal of Honor; artifacts from Albert J. Myer, the founder of the Signal Corps, and Civil War Signal Corps items such as the Beardslee Electro Magneto; a circa-1870 meteorological office display; signaling equipment used out west circa 1880; Spanish-American War equipment such as the telephone used by General Wheeler at the Battle of San Juan Hill; the Greeley expedition to the Arctic; Signal Corps Aviation and "Snoopy"; WWI "Hello Girls"; trench warfare; WWII Signal Message Center; Signal WACs; Korea; Signal Corps motion pictures and "Oscar"; pigeons; signals in space; and Cold War and Vietnam prisoner-of-war and Signal Corps equipment.